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Author: Cooke, Tim, 1961-, author.
Title: Working toward abolishing slavery / Tim Cooke.
St. Catharines, Ontario : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2021.
©2020.
ISBN: 9780778779483 (softcover) :
Phys. desc.: 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Series: Achieving social change
Subject: Slavery.
Abolitionists.
African American abolitionists
Black History Month
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Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Contents: What is slavery? -- Slavery in history -- Viewpoints -- Early resistance -- Escaping slavery -- Religious objections -- Making progress -- A growing voice -- Violent revolts -- Toward abolition -- The Abolition Movement -- Taking up arms -- Continuing struggles -- Global successes -- Enslaved women and children -- Campaigning against slavery today -- Fighting slavery -- Human trafficking -- Get involved -- Timeline.
Summary: Focuses on the slave trade that took more than 12 million captured Africans to the Americas to be owned and worked in cruel and inhuman conditions. Stories of resistance and rebellion by enslaved peoples include the Haitian rebellion and the Amistad Revolt. Key activists featured include Cyrille Bissette and Sojourner Truth. The forms of slavery that exist today are examined along with the campaigns and activists protesting them.
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Contents

What is slavery? -- Slavery in history -- Viewpoints -- Early resistance -- Escaping slavery -- Religious objections -- Making progress -- A growing voice -- Violent revolts -- Toward abolition -- The Abolition Movement -- Taking up arms -- Continuing struggles -- Global successes -- Enslaved women and children -- Campaigning against slavery today -- Fighting slavery -- Human trafficking -- Get involved -- Timeline.

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